Cardinal O’Hara coach Chrissie Doogan talks to her team in a timeout during the first round of the PIAA Class 6A playoffs on March 8. (MediaNews Group staff photo)
By Bob Grotz
Almost hidden by the championship talent that will be on display in the PIAA Class 6A girls’ championship between Cardinal O’Hara and Spring-Ford Friday is the understated savvy of the coaches.
In addition to the players, Chrissie Doogan of Cardinal O’Hara and Mickey McDaniel of Spring-Ford also are among the best at what they do in the state, and it will only take a few minutes for spectators to realize that when they begin watching the chess match at the Giant Center in Hershey (6 p.m.,, PCN, pcntv.com/basketball stream).
Doogan and McDaniel stood tall among a skilled cast of coaches in the final four round of the state playoffs. Doogan’s Lions wore out a once-beaten and highly skilled Perkiomen Valley squad with gifted 6-foot-3 center Quinn Boettinger and aggressive forward Grace Galbavy (6-0), using a defense that relentlessly overplayed the strengths of those playmakers, and wound up making the former a liability late in the contest.
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